yours faithfully

adjective

A polite, formulaic end to a letter, used especially when the sender does not know the recipient's name, for example in a business letter.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. UKA polite, formulaic end to a letter, used especially when the sender does not know the recipient's name, for example in a business letter.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
best regardsfaithfully

Translations

Arabic تفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام
  • تفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترامpolite, formulaic end to letters
Chinese Mandarin 肅然 /肃然
  • 肅然 /肃然 (sùrán)polite, formulaic end to letters
Czech s pozdravem
  • s pozdravempolite, formulaic end to letters
Dutch hoogachtend
  • hoogachtendpolite, formulaic end to letters
Finnish kunnioittaen, kunnioittavasti
  • kunnioittaenpolite, formulaic end to letters
  • kunnioittavastipolite, formulaic end to letters
  • ystävällisin terveisinpolite, formulaic end to letters
  • parhain terveisinpolite, formulaic end to letters
French fidèlement votre, sincères salutations
  • fidèlement votrepolite, formulaic end to letters
  • sincères salutationspolite, formulaic end to letters
German hochachtungsvoll
  • hochachtungsvollpolite, formulaic end to letters
Hungarian maradok őszinte híve, őszinte híve
  • maradok őszinte hívepolite, formulaic end to letters
  • őszinte hívepolite, formulaic end to letters
  • kiváló tisztelettelpolite, formulaic end to letters
  • szívélyes üdvözlettelpolite, formulaic end to letters
Italian cordiali saluti, distinti saluti
  • cordiali salutipolite, formulaic end to letters
  • distinti salutipolite, formulaic end to letters
Japanese 敬具, 不一
  • 敬具 (keigu)polite, formulaic end to letters
  • 不一 (fuitsu)polite, formulaic end to letters
  • 不宣 (fusen)polite, formulaic end to letters
Polish z poważaniem
  • z poważaniempolite, formulaic end to letters
Romanian Al dumneavoastră
  • Al dumneavoastrăpolite, formulaic end to letters
Russian с уваже́нием, с глубо́ким уваже́нием
  • с уваже́нием (s uvažénijem)polite, formulaic end to letters
  • с глубо́ким уваже́нием (s glubókim uvažénijem)polite, formulaic end to letters
Scottish Gaelic is mise gu dìleas
  • is mise gu dìleaspolite, formulaic end to letters
Tagalog lubos na sumasainyo, sumasainyo
  • lubos na sumasainyopolite, formulaic end to letters
  • sumasainyopolite, formulaic end to letters
Cite this entry
APA

yours faithfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yours%20faithfully

MLA

“yours faithfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yours%20faithfully. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yours faithfully,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yours%20faithfully.

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